B G#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
C#m F#
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
B F#7
Perhaps she'll die.
B G#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
C#m F#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
B B
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
C#m F#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
B F#7
Perhaps she'll die.
B G#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird;
C#m F#
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
B B
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
C#m F#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
B B
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
C#m F#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
B F#7
Perhaps she'll die.
B G#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.
C#m F#
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
B B
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
B B
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
C#m F#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
B B
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
C#m F#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
B F#7
Perhaps she'll die.
B G#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.
C#m F#
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
B B
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
B B
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
B B
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
C#m F#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
B B
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
C#m F#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
B F#7
Perhaps she'll die.
B G#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a goat.
C#m F#
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
B B
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
B B
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
B B
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
B B
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
C#m F#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
B B
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
C#m F#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
B F#7
Perhaps she'll die.
B G#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.
C#m F#
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
B B
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
B B
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
B B
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
B B
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
B B
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
C#m F#
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
B B
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
C#m F#
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
B F#7
Perhaps she'll die.
B G#m
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.
(strum once at every chord)